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June 15, 2008

G72: Red Sox 9, Reds 0

Coco Crisp hit a two-run shot in the second. And one batter after Jacoby Ellsbury drilled a four-bagger to start the third, J.D. Drew got it on and banged a dong. Bailey threw 62 pitches in 2.1 innings and was gone after 13 batters.

Crisp drove in two more runs in the fifth. Dustin Pedroia also went deep, in the sixth.

Beckett (7-6-0-2-6, 98) was strong. David Aarsdma and Mike Timlin each threw a scoreless inning.

In the first inning, Ellsbury singled. He stole second on the first pitch to Pedroia, caught his breath on the second, and stole third on the third pitch. Neither play was close. The first theft was #32 and it set a new Red Sox rookie record.

I do not remember so well from my childhood but did Henderson or Coleman steal so frequently? How about stealing 3rd during the same AB as when they stole 2nd? It just seems this guy is stealing a lot more frequently, like every time on base.

HI guys.Came in to catch a little of the game before heading out again.My cable guide says Boston @ Cinc. on TBS, but it's blacked out.WTF?!They think more of us will bother to drive from NC to Ohio just because we can't watch it on TV?

Do you know what's happening to me from gamethreads? I'm starting to think people look like their avatars. Jere is a wide-eyed guy with goggles on his head, Ish is Asian, and wears his hat to one side.

I know Allan is not Manny and I know I am not a purple-haired cyclops.

Okay....I totally know it now....you have mentioned this before. And the key clue was that the third inning wasn't over when you said it. I'll shut up now! Then again, I could still be wrong. Feel free to delete this comment if you feel it will cause problems.

Stopped bzck in for a few.Caught up on the thread - love all the dong talk....or at least the fact that there are dongs to talk about.I was guessing a dong by the whole line-up myself.What the hell is the score now, anyway - still blacked out on TBS

I heard him do this once before re soldiers/war. O'B was in "welcoming home heroes" mode and Castig said something very carefully phrased to be neutral, and said something about people "choosing not to support the war".

I can't remember the exact wording, but it struck me b/c it was so unusual. I really appreciated it.

I keep finding 5 inning games where a team scored in 4 of the 5, stuff like that. I still haven't found any shortened games where a team scored in each inning. Gone through lots of years of Sox game logs.